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CVE-2021-26697 — apache-airflow

MEDIUMFix: apache/airflow@21cedff

CVE-2021-26697 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in apache-airflow. A fix is available for apache-airflow — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Improper Authentication in Apache Airflow

Also known asBIT-airflow-2021-26697GHSA-fh37-cx83-q542PYSEC-2021-3
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
4.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs91th percentile — riskier than 91% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
1.83%2.95%4.07%5.18%2.5%4.6%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2021-26697 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐍apache-airflow

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Description

The lineage endpoint of the deprecated Experimental API was not protected by authentication in Airflow 2.0.0. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint. This is low-severity issue as the attacker needs to be aware of certain parameters to pass to that endpoint and even after can just get some metadata about a DAG and a Task. This issue only affects Apache Airflow 2.0.0.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIapache-airflow≥ 2.0.0&&< 2.0.1rc12.0.1rc1pip install --upgrade 'apache-airflow==2.0.1rc1'

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
airflowapache
1 version
2.0.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for apache-airflow, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update apache-airflow to 2.0.1rc1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-26697 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Close the privilege gap rather than the entry point: audit which accounts, roles and service identities can reach the affected operation, drop the component to the least privilege it actually needs, and review file and directory permissions created by earlier installs — a default left in place is what makes this reachable.

Frequently Asked Questions

The lineage endpoint of the deprecated Experimental API was not protected by authentication in Airflow 2.0.0. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint. This is low-severity issue as the attacker needs to be aware of certain parameters to pass to that endpoint and even after can just get some metadata about a DAG and a Task. This issue only affects Apache Airflow 2.0.0.
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CVE-2021-26697: apache-airflow — Fixed in 2.0.1rc1